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Bulgarian
Etymology
Duplicated application of хем (hem).
Conjunction
хем … хем … • (hem … hem …)
- Used for emphasized conjunctive enumeration.: both … and
- Synonym: и ... и ... (i ... i ...)
- Хем боли́, хем сърби́. ― Hem bolí, hem sǎrbí. ― It both aches and itches.
- Хем така́, хем онака́. ― Hem taká, hem onaká. ― Both this way and that way.
- Хем скъп, хем нека́чествен. ― Hem skǎp, hem nekáčestven. ― being expensive and of low quality.
References
- “хем - хем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “хем - хем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010